Night-lamp.



G. W. PERDON'. NIGHT LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.16,1909.

916,399, Patented Mar. 28, 1909.

UNlTED STATES PATEN OFFCE.

GUY W. FERDON, OF CRESSKILL, NEW `JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO SILVER d: COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATON OF NEW YORK.

NIGHT-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application illed January 16, 1909. Serial No. 472,637.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, GUY WV. FERDON, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cresskill, county of Bergen, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Night-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil-burning night lamps`of that construction characterized by a disk-shaped reservoir supported on edge A and a long recurved 'wick tube projecting rigidly from the front of the reservoir at or labout its center and terminating on a level with the oil inlet at a sufficient distance rom the reservoir to prevent the transmission of Ailame or heat thereto from the l burner end of the wick tube.

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The invention consists in an improvement on such night lamps as heretofore made, as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

lleretofore great difficulty has been experienced in rewicking such lamps, owing to their construction as aforesaid and their small sizeniotwitlistanding specially prepared wicks and rcwicking appliances.

',lhe leading object of the present invention is to provide for readily wicking and rowicking the improved night lain) without the aid of s ecially prepared wicks and rcwicking app iances or either of them.

Other objects will be set forth in the general description which follows.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specificationas part thereof.-

Figure l is a pei'spectivo view of the parts of the improved night. lamp detached and separated from cach other, including' `thc normallyinseparable reservoir und wick tube, Fig. 2 represents a vertical section through all, on a larger scale; Fig. 3 is a siiiall-scale edge view, illustra! in cr the wicking or rewickinpr operation; Fig. l represents a back view, with the back of the reservoir iemoveih showing the disposition of the wick within the reservoir.

`Like reference characters refer to like parts 'lhe improved night lamp is composed of a reservoir, (L, preferably disk-shaped as hereh tofore, a long o )cn-ended and recuivcd wick tube, of novel construction, a Aglobe holder, c, a globe, d, and an oil inlet cap, c. lhcse )arts are shown dctached'nnd separated in iig. 1, as aforesaid, and in their relations Lo I the globe holder c each other in Fig. 2, which is more particularly referred to for the construction of the several parts.

The original dislesliaped reservoir a, shown in the drawings, is provided as heretofore with means, 1 and 2, at its top and bottom, respectively, for hanging the lamp on a wall, or standing it on a table or shelf; and is further constructed with an oil inlet, 3, at its ltop, to which the oil-inlet cap e is fitted, and with a subjacent oil outlet, 4, preferably and conveniently located at or about the center of the front of the reservoir a, as shown in Fig. l. The wick tube b is rigidly secured within said oil outlet 4, and is surrounded by an ornamental collar, 5, to mask the joint. From its burner end,'6, the wick tube extends downward to the level of the lower edge of the reseivoir a, and thence rearward to said oil outlet 4, and from the latter extends rearward and upward within the reservoir, as shown at 7, to a point beneath the oil inlet 3, in substantial alinement therewith and adjacent thereto; its changes of direction being made by easy curves.

'lhe xglobe holder c and globe d are ordinary accessories, and forni no part of the present invention; but it ma be pointed out that inclyudes a burner tube, 8, which forms a -continuation of the wick tube b, and is provided with a spider, 9, on which the globe d rests, and a concentric cold handle, 10, in the form of a hollow ball by which to manipulate the globe holder and globe to regulate the flame.

The wick, f, Figs. 2-4, is or may be of the'- l customary make, including a close-woven tubular covering, and a suitable porous core.

ln wicking' or 'rewicking the lamp, with the aid of the improved construction, the wickf is introduced into the burner end 6 of the wick tube b, with the globe d and globe holder c removed, and propelled endwise through the wick tube until it protiudcs from the inner end 7 through the oil inlet 3, as shown in Figi'. 3, after which it can be pulled through until its outer end is in proper rela tion to the burner end 6 of the wick tube. The globe holder c is then replaced, and the wick f is moved backward therethrough un til the end of the wick protrudes about oneeighthof aninch above the burner tube 8 in the lowest position of the latter. The inner end of the wick, or that which is to be its .inner end; is then reinserted through the oil inlet 3 into the reservoir a at one side of the wicletube extension 7, and,' following the curved rim of the 'interior of the reservoir, disposes itself within the 'reservoir as shown in Fig. 4, so as to extend to its bottom until a considerable length of the wick has been consumed. A new Wick then takes its place. Wick of ordinary length is represented in the drawing. It will be obvious that longer wicks can be used if desired, and the life of the wick thus prolon ed.

Wicking and rewic ing the lamp are facilitated by the improved construction without necessitating any change whatever in the external appearance of the lamp, and without increasing. its cost to any considerable extent; while the expense and annoyance of specially prepared wicks and wicking appliances are obyiated.

' The reservoir of the improved lampA may obviously be of other shapes; the accessories at the burner end of the wick tube may be of any known or improved construction;

and other` like modilications will suggest' themselves to those skilled .in the art.

Having thus described'said improvement,

I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this specification:

1. An oil burning night lamp comprising a reservoir provided with means whereby it is supported on edge and with an oil inlet at its open ended and recurved wick tube extending downward from its burner end tothe y level of the lower edge of the reservoir, thence upward and rearward through the front Wall of the reserv'r'iir at said oil outlet where it is rigidly attached, and. thence upward Within the reservoir to a point adj aoent to said oil inlet and in alinement therewith, its changes ol' direction being made by easy curves.

2. An oil burning night lanip corn rising a disk-shaped reservoir provided wit means whereby it is supported n edge and with an oil inlet at its top and a subjacent oil outlet at or about the center of its front, and a long openeended and recurved wick tube extend ing downward from its burner end to the level of the lower edge of the reservoir, thence upward and rearward through the front wall of the reservoir at said oil outlet where it is rigidly attached vand thence upward Within the reservoir to a point beneath 5,5,

said oil inlet and adjacent thereto, its changes of direction being made byv easy curves, substantially as hereinbefore described. v

GUYv W FERDUN.

litnesses WiLLrs B. WESTERVELT, RAY S. Mieten.' 

